Publications – Page 2 – Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics

Altered drug susceptibility during host adaptation of a Plasmodium falciparum strain in a non-human primate model.

Author(s): Obaldía N 3rd, Dow GS, Gerena L, Kyle D, Otero W, Mantel PY, Baro N, Daniels R, Mukherjee A, Childs LM, Buckee C, Duraisingh MT, Volkman SK, Wirth DF, Marti MJournal: Sci RepPMID: 26880111 February 2016

Infections with Plasmodium falciparum, the most pathogenic of the Plasmodium species affecting man, have been reduced in part due to…

Targeting Human Transmission Biology for Malaria Elimination.

Author(s): Nilsson SK, Childs LM, Buckee C, Marti MJournal: PLoS PathogPMID: 26086192 June 2015

Malaria remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide, despite decades of public health efforts. The recent commitment by…

Dissecting the determinants of malaria chronicity: why within-host models struggle to reproduce infection dynamics.

Author(s): Childs LM, Buckee COJournal: J R Soc InterfacePMID: 25673299 March 2015

The duration of infection is fundamental to the epidemiological behaviour of any infectious disease, but remains one of the most…

Modelling challenges in context: lessons from malaria, HIV, and tuberculosis.

Author(s): Childs LM, Abuelezam NN, Dye C, Gupta S, Murray MB, Williams BG, Buckee COJournal: EpidemicsPMID: 25843394 March 2015

Malaria, HIV, and tuberculosis (TB) collectively account for several million deaths each year, with all three ranking among the top…

A Plasmodium falciparum histone deacetylase regulates antigenic variation and gametocyte conversion.

Author(s): Coleman BI, Skillman KM, Jiang RHY, Childs LM, Altenhofen LM, Ganter M, Leung Y, Goldowitz I, Kafsack BFC, Marti M, Llinás M, Buckee CO, Duraisingh MTJournal: Cell Host MicrobePMID: 25121747 August 2014

The asexual forms of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum are adapted for chronic persistence in human red blood cells, continuously…